Part III: December, Chapters 36-41 Summary

This series of short chapters brings the reader closer to the climax.

In Chapter 36, Delaroche and Astrid have been flown into a remote part of Canada, where an equipped Range Rover awaits, so that they may begin the trip toward the U.S. border and the ultimate assassination of Michael Osbourne.

Michael, meanwhile, is spending his first day at home, without much to do. Eventually, he returns to his office, in order to clean out his personal effects. There, others avoid eye contact with him, but Adrian Carter presents him with a gift-wrapped package, telling him to open it at home. Michael then goes with Elizabeth to the Georgetown University Medical Center, where a sonogram confirms twin fetuses. Arriving home, at the end of Chapter 37, Elizabeth, intrigued by the package from Adrian, opens it to...